Petrochemicals

SABIC recently inaugurated the first ever polyacetal (POM) plant in the Middle East and Africa.

Pemex heavy crude oil has arrived at Genoil’s engineering centre for a commercial and scientific demonstration run of a desulfurisation process.

WorleyParsons has completed the strategic acquisition of M+W Group’s Ludwigshafen and Schwarzheide offices in Germany.

The risks to safety and revenue associated with corrosion in refineries and petrochemical plants are too high to ignore. Phil Yule, Cosasco, explains.

Motiva Enterprises has signed MoUs worth between US$8 billion to US$10 billion with Honeywell UOP and TechnipFMC.

ExxonMobil has awarded Sinochem Hongrun Petrochemical Co. Ltd a technology license to build a resid upgrading unit.

Graham Corp. has been awarded US$4 million worth of orders in the US Gulf Coast petrochemical industry.

CB&I has been awarded a contract by Jinneng Science & Technology Co. Ltd for a petrochemical plant in China.

Hainan Huasheng New Material Technology Co. Ltd has awarded CB&I a contract for the license and engineering design for a diphenyl carbonate petrochemical unit.

SNC-Lavalin and JV Driver have been awarded an EPC contract from INEOS at its petrochemical complex in Texas, US.

The company’s methyl methacrylate monomer and polymethyl methacrylate plants are set to start commercial operations in Saudi Arabia.

CB&I has been awarded a contract by CNOOC Ningbo Daxie Petrochemical Co. Ltd for the license and process design engineering of a polypropylene plant.

W. R. Grace & Co. has completed a US$416 million acquisition of the Polyolefin Catalysts business of Albemarle Corp.

Sadara Chemical Co.’s mixed feed cracker in Saudi Arabia has passed all of its performance tests. TechnipFMC provided technology and front-end engineering design for the cracker.

INEOS Styrolution has announced plans to build a styrene monomer plant in the US Gulf Coast.